taxation
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English taxacioun, from Anglo-Norman taxacion, from Latin taxātio (“rating, appraisal”). By surface analysis, tax + -ation.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittaxation (countable and uncountable, plural taxations)
- The act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.
- 2012 May 29, John Elkington, “Common threads in the Breakthrough Booklist”, in the Guardian[1]:
- Some of this will be down to breakthrough science and technology, breakthrough business models and breakthroughs in behaviour change, but we also need an intensifying focus on public policy, in areas like accounting, reporting and taxation, the last spotlighted by Shaxson.
- A particular system of taxing people or companies
- The revenue gained from taxes
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Derived terms
editTranslations
editact of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed
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particular system of taxing people or companies
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revenue gained from taxes — see tax revenue
See also
editFurther reading
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French taxacion, borrowed from Latin taxātiōnem. By surface analysis, taxer + -ation.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittaxation f (plural taxations)
- taxation
- Synonym: imposition
Descendants
edit- → Romanian: taxație
Further reading
edit- “taxation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
editNoun
edittaxation
- Alternative form of taxacioun
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